‘TUF 14’ Finale: By the Numbers

For just the second time since “The Ultimate Fighter” began in
2005, the UFC offered its coach-versus-coach bout on free
television Saturday night. The first time it happened, B.J. Penn
dominated Jens Pulver at
“The Ultimate Fighter 5” finale in 2007 en route to a second-round
submission victory.

At the Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, Michael
Bisping followed suit. After a struggling through a rough patch
in round one, "The Count" overwhelmed Jason Miller
with superior boxing and cardio to take a third-round technical
knockout of his rival "TUF 14" coach in the main event.

Of course it wasn't all about the coaches, as the UFC crowned
John
Dodson and Diego
Brandao as "Ultimate Fighter" winners in the show's final
season on Spike. While sentimentality can certainly be fun, it's
time to take a cold, calculating look at "The Ultimate Fighter 14"
finale by the numbers. Statistics are provided by FightMetric.com.

75: Significant strikes by which
Bisping outlanded Miller over the course of their bout. Miller
connected with 17 power strikes in the opening frame, a round he
won on the judges’ scorecards, but landed just 10 more
thereafter.

16: Difference between Bisping's career
high in significant strikes landed (118) vs. Yoshihiro
Akiyama at UFC 120 and the number of significant strikes landed
versus Miller (102) on Saturday, his second best total.

4.75: Number of significant strikes per
minute for Bisping during his Octagon tenure. That's good for
eighth-best among UFC fighters.

2.37: Strike differential for Bisping,
yet another number which places him in the UFC's top 10, this time
at No. 6, just behind light heavyweight king Jon Jones.

.678: Rate at which Bisping
successfully connected with jabs to the head of Miller. Known for
his sound boxing and defensive skill, "The Count" clearly became
more comfortable as the bout wore on, increasing the number of jabs
he landed in each round.

.125: Overall striking accuracy for
Miller in round two, his least effective frame in what was a
difficult night overall in that area.

1,828: Days since Miller's first defeat
via technical knockout, when Frank Trigg
stopped him in the second round with soccer kicks at Icon Sport
"Mayhem vs. Trigg" in 2006. "Mayhem" has now been finished with
strikes just twice in a 31-fight career.

10: Takedowns stuffed by Bisping.
Miller's lone successful takedown came in the first round, but
fatigue gradually limited the effectiveness of his shots as time
wore on.

.709: Career significant strike defense
rate for Yves Edwards.
Although he lost a unanimous decision to Tony
Ferguson, the "Thugjitsu Master" was similarly stingy against
the "Ultimate Fighter 13" winner, stopping approximately 74 percent
of "El Cucuy's" power strikes.

9-10: Edwards record in contests that
go to the judges' scorecards. It was Ferguson's first time going
the distance in his young UFC career.

1: Out of a total of 106 total strikes
landed by Ferguson and Edwards combined that was not deemed
significant by FightMetric.com.

8: Strikes needed by John Dodson
before his bantamweight bout with T.J.
Dillashaw was stopped at the 1:54 mark of the opening
stanza.

6: First-round victories in the career
of Dodson. Including the triumph over Dillashaw, four have come via
technical knockout, while two were ended by submission.

5,118: Distance in miles between
Diego
Brandao's home of Manaus, Brazil, and Las Vegas, where he
became the "TUF 14" winner at featherweight with his armbar
submission of Dennis
Bermudez.

5: With Dodson and Brandao capturing
Season 14 honors, the number of "Ultimate Fighter" winners with
past or current ties to Jackson's MMA. Diego
Sanchez, Joe Stevenson
and Rashad
Evans are the others, though Stevenson and Evans didn't join
the camp until after the reality show.

137: Total strikes by which Johnny
Bedford outlanded Louis
Gaudinot in their bantamweight bout. The bigger, stronger
Bedford was successful on 68 percent of his strikes as he bullied
his opponent all over the cage.

10: Guard passes for Bedford, who spent
much of the fight pummeling Gaudinot from top position.